Chain-link



(No Model.)

F. P. ELLIS CHAIN LINK.

No. 418,453. Patented Dec. 31, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERRAND F. ELLIS, OF ONEIDA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY, (LIMITEDQOF KENVVOOD, NEW YORK.

CHAIN- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,453, dated.December 31, 1889.

Application filed October 17, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERRAND F. ELLIs, of Oneida, in the county ofMadison, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Chain-Links, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of chainlinks which are formed ofwire bent into the shape of loops and tied at the ends.

My present invention consists in bending the end portions of the wireback and extend ing them first respectively across opposite sides of thecentral portion and then terminating each with a twist or coil embracingthe other end portion. Each end portion of the wire is thus fulcrumeddirectly on the central portion and subsequently interlocked orintertwined with the other end portion, and the two end portions arecaused to draw each other against opposite sides of the central portionof the wire.

The invention is fully illustrated in the annexed drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan view of a chain-link embodying my invention. Fig. 2is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modification ofmy invention, and Fig. at is an edge view of said modification.

My improved chain-link is formed by hen ding the end portions 1) b ofthe wire back and extending them first respectively across oppositesides of the central portion a of the wire, and then through the loops 1Z thus formed by said end portions. Each of these end portionsterminates with a twist 0 around the other end portion, so as toeffectuallyem- Serial No. 327,315. (No model.)

brace the same in proximity to the central portion or the aforesaidcrossing of the wire, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. By thisconstruction the end portions of the wire are effectually interlockedwith each other and tied at opposite sides of the central portion insuch a manner as to cause said end portions to draw each other moretightly against opposite sides of the intervening central portion, andthus grip the same more firmly as the strain is increased on the link. Ido not, however, wish to be limited specifically to the aforesaidconstruction, inasmuch as the end portions of the wire may be extendedacross opposite sides of the central portion and interlocked with eachother without passing through the, loops-Z Z, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4of the drawings, in which each end portion of the wire, after crossingthe central portion a thereof, terminates with a twist 0 around theother end portion and central portion.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The improved chain-link formed of .a wire bent with its end portionsback and extending first respectively across opposite sides of thecentral portion, and then each of said end portions terminated withcoils embracing the other end portion, substantially as described andshown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 5th day ofOctober, 1889.

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